A/N: This chapter will be in Alyssa's POV…again.
Previously: Alyssa had been kidnapped and drugged. Now residing in the hands of Marcus Van Sciver and the House of Chthon, what fate will befall her?
Blinking my eyes, I tried to figure out where I was and what happened. The last thing I remembered was Marcus Van Sciver telling me to relax and a sharp pinch in my arm. Now that I was awake I took in my surroundings. The room I was currently in was decorated in a variety of dark colors befitting of a vampire.
The walls were wood with two wall lamps strategically placed. The curtains covering the windows were a heavy cotton, burgundy wine in color, which matched the carpet on the floor. The bed was a queen from the look of it, very comfortable and dressed in blood red silk bedsheets with pillowcases and comforter to match.
Feeling very strange, not only due to the dark atmosphere of the room, I went to the door hoping it wasn't locked. Turning the handle and meeting no resistance, I exited the room and found myself in a long hallway that reminded me of a maze. The walls had paintings, expensive ones, hanging on them and the hallway itself seemed to be endless, with a turn here and there.
As I tried to find an exit, I stumbled across some sort of laboratory. Looking through the glass window, I saw my worst nightmare, at least one of them anyway…Fritz. Looking up he saw me as well, which led me to break into a run.
As I ran through the halls, I soon became trapped in one hallway with Fritz at one end and Marcus at the other. As the two vampires slowly walked towards me I panicked and backed against the wall, sinking to the floor and pulling my knees into my chest. I was scared and I started to tremble when Marcus kneeled down in front of me. "Alyssa there is no need to be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you."
"You already did," I told him, my voice cold with emotion and slightly wavering.
"Alyssa-
I looked right at him, tears in my eyes. "What did you do to me?" I asked him, my lower lip trembling. I had felt different since waking up after being kidnapped and drugged. 'Please don't let this be happening' I thought.
"I need you to understand that I had no choice. I changed you to save your life."
I shook my head. "I won't accept this. I won't become one of you. I won't become a monster." I'm not a monster. I'm not, I can't be.' These thoughts just kept racing through my head.
While my mind was elsewhere, I felt myself being carried. I began to focus again and found myself in Marcus's arms. Apparently, he had picked me up from the floor. As he carried me, I leaned my head against his shoulder and relaxed in his arms. He entered the room I had woken up in and gently placed me on the bed. Pulling the covers over me he dimmed the lights and sat by me running his hand through my hair, the gentle motion making me drift off to sleep.
As I fell into slumber my last thoughts were that I couldn't be a vampire…could I?